The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 2041
Waxing Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
10:00 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1468
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 112.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -6.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.17° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.83° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.