The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 30, 1995
Waxing Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
10:33 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 899
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 | 54.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 109.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -11.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.79° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / -0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.79° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.