The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
6:59 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1022
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.0° / 208.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 23.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.33° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.04° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.