The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 30, 2004
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
7:20 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1010
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 | 187.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 308.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -9.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.10° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.27° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.