The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 2043
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
6:11 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1492
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.1° / 246.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 27.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.21° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.19° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.