The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 30, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
4:47 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1579
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.3° / 4.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -12.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.83° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.89° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| 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.