The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 2008
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
7:56 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1059
Events on this date
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.6° / 144.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 8.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.55° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.99° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.