The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 1986
Waning Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
5:52 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 787
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 | 306.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.6° / 253.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 59m / 27.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.15° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.98° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.