The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Waxing Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
11:04 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1035
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 | 75.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 106.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -22.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.24° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.33° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.