The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 2138
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
5:45 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2667
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 | 307.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.1° / 249.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 26.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.30° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.79° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.