The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 1980
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
1:14 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 713
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 33m / 13.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.23° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.27° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.