The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 30, 1983
Waning Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
1:43 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 750
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 | 260.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 40m / 17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.82° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.71° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.92° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.