The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
4:50 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1344
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 3.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -12.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.14° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.70° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.