The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 30, 1984
Waxing Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
10:36 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 763
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 | 54.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 107.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -9.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.58° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.00° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.