The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Waning Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
1:47 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1084
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 | 257.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.58° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.74° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.29° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.