The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 30, 2162
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
12:32 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2964
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.1° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 15.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.94° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.86° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.