The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 2070
Waning Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
4:10 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1826
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 18.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.51° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.33° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.