The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
7:08 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1158
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 | 339.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.9° / 173.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 13.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.45° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.29° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.