The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 2052
Waxing Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
11:36 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1604
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 | 72.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 99.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -14.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.19° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.37° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.