The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 30, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 PM
2:58 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 738
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 | 136.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.7° / 50.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -22.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.33° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.45° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.