The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 1987
Waxing Crescent
34.1% 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
1:15 PM
10:56 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.1%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 800
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 | 71.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -20.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.05° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.13° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.