The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 30, 2060
Waxing Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
10:14 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1703
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 111.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -11.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.64° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / 0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.02° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.