The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 30, 1989
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
7:50 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 824
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 | 353.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.7° / 148.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 10.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.78° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.16° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.