The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 30, 2156
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
6:22 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2890
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 5:32 PM, is deepest at 7:14 PM and ends at 8:57 PM. Totality lasts from 6:32 PM to 7:57 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 324.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -10.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.52° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.82° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.