The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 30, 1962
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
8:41 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 491
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 | 5.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.1° / 130.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 9.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.67° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.97° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.