The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 30, 2056
Waning Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
12:04 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1653
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 | 241.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 10.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.98° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.07° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.