The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 2059
Waning Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
3:28 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1690
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 53m / 24.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.88° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.89° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.