The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 1997
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
6:48 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 923
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 | 334.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.7° / 185.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 14.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.91° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.48° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.