The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 1975
Waning Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
3:15 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 651
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 55m / 20.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.87° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.23° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.54° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.