The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 2002
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
3:15 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 985
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 | 276.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 53m / 22.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.50° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.33° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.92° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.