The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 30, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
12:42 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 466
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 83.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.57° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.08° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.