The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
8:31 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1010
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 302.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / -3.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.99° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.45° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.