The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
4:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1208
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 | 150.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.2° / 13.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -21.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.20° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.89° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.