The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 30, 2049
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
8:49 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1567
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 127.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / -5.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.51° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.50° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.