The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 30, 2010
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
12:45 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1084
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 | 245.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 289.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.04° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.09° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.