The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 30, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
2:50 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1913
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.9° / 50.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -24.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.70° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.67° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.