The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 30, 2153
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
3:01 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2853
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 | 140.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.2° / 45.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -25.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.09° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.90° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.