The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 2098
Waxing Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
10:16 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2173
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 111.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -13.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.39° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.09° / 2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.63° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.