The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 2155
Waxing Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
9:13 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2878
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -3.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.17° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / 1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.66° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.