The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 1999
Waning Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
11:53 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 948
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 282.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 9.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.86° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.89° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.