The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 1980
Waning Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
12:05 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 713
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 | 242.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 9.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.91° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.08° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.