The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 30, 2072
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
8:41 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1851
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 | 201.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / -1.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.83° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.87° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.