The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 30, 2106
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
8:52 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2272
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 127.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -2.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.32° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.54° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.