The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 2139
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
10:35 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2680
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 | 66.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 109.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -20.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.81° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.33° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.