The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
2:57 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3088
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.1° / 45.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -25.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.28° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.09° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.