The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 1959
Waning Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
5:49 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 453
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 220.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.95° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.84° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.