The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 2160
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
7:14 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2939
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.7° / 163.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 9.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.27° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.75° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.