The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
4:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 973
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 | 155.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.9° / 358.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.94° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.49° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| 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.