The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
8:42 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1097
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 129.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / -3.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.49° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.11° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.