The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 30, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
1:35 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2012
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 73.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -22.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.25° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.28° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.