The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 2014
Waxing Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
11:19 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1134
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -14.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.34° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.75° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.