The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 2176
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
5:57 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3137
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 | 312.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.3° / 238.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 23.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.25° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.43° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.