The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 1991
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
12:32 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 849
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 | 243.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.07° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.31° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.