The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 30, 2140
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
9:41 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2692
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 | 211.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 304.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 8.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.29° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.63° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.30° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.