The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 2002
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 985
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 276.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.15° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.71° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.