The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 30, 2057
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
8:49 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1666
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 | 6.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.6° / 128.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 08m / 10.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.81° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.16° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.