The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 30, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
2:59 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1443
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.7° / 46.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -23.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.09° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.28° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.