The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 2003
Waxing Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 AM
10:27 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 998
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 108.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -9.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.00° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.21° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.