The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 2071
Waxing Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
11:30 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1839
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 100.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -13.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.56° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.83° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.78° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| 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.