The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 30, 1999
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
10:44 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 948
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 | 226.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 4.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.73° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.70° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.