The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 30, 2068
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
9:08 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1802
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 123.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -7.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.71° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.82° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.68° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.