The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 1981
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
9:02 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 726
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 124.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 7.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.86° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.14° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.