The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 2015
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
7:54 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1146
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 310.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -3.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.59° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / -1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.49° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.