The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 2137
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
6:23 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2655
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 5:40 PM, is deepest at 7:19 PM and ends at 8:57 PM. Totality lasts from 6:54 PM to 7:43 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 323.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -11.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.37° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.25° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.70° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.