The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 2143
Waning Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
11:50 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2729
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 | 237.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.14° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.08° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.