The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 1996
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
9:07 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 911
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 302.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / 1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.08° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.87° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.