The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
4:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 639
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.0° / 1.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -12.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.38° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.88° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.