The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 1992
Waxing Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
9:16 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 862
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 | 35.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 121.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -9.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.47° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.67° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.