The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 2115
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
2:05 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2383
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 69.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -26.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.37° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.47° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.