The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 30, 1976
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
11:23 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 664
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.92° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.37° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.