The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 31, 1981
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
9:30 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 726
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 118.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / 3.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.61° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.90° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.