The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 30, 2018
Waning Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
10:49 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1183
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 | 227.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 4.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.91° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.50° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.