The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Waning Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
6:25 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1022
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 | 315.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.9° / 238.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 26.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.47° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / -6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.81° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.