The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 30, 1979
First Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
12:01 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 701
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 90.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.60° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.71° / -6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.48° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.