The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 30, 2191
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
1:37 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3323
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 75.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -27.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.45° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.46° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.