The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 2003
Waxing Crescent
11.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
9:59 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.1%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 998
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 | 38.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 112.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -3.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.67° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.44° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.