The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
2:07 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2952
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 | 122.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 66.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.64° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.90° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.49° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.