The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 30, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
12:26 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 602
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 | 108.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.5° / 89.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -27.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.64° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.86° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.