The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 2166
Waxing Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
10:51 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3014
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 104.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -7.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.58° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.18° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.