The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 2014
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
10:39 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1134
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 | 56.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 107.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.70° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / -1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.98° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.