The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 30, 1961
Waning Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
12:02 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 478
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 | 241.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 9.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.90° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.52° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.27° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.