The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 2007
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
10:44 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1047
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 | 223.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 297.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.72° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.26° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.