The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 30, 2051
Waning Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
4:18 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1591
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Venus gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Jupiter 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 | 294.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 253.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.85° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.53° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.