The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 2148
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
7:55 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2791
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 304.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / -6.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.67° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.70° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.