The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 30, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
1:07 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 837
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 82.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -26.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.82° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.46° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.05° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.