The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 30, 2128
Waxing Crescent
22.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
10:54 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2544
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -8.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.86° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.57° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.