The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 1970
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
7:39 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 589
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.6° / 157.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 14.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.33° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.35° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.