The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 31, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 PM
2:56 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1072
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 50.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -21.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.24° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / 0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.07° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.