The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 30, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
3:37 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 973
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune 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 | 144.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.9° / 30.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -21.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.08° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.51° / 3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.68° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.