The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 2109
Waxing Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
10:59 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2309
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 | 57.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 104.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -9.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.21° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.40° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.