The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 2064
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
10:35 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1752
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 299.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 11.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.49° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.46° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.