The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 2054
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 AM
6:30 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1628
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 | 326.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.0° / 204.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 17.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.81° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.67° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.