The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 2025
Waxing Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
11:29 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1270
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 | 83.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 103.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.96° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.53° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.