The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
9:16 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1097
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 | 35.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 122.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -9.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.47° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.87° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.