The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 2178
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
9:12 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3162
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 | 205.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 5.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.17° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.69° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.