The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 31, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
1:40 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1171
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 | 115.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.82° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.67° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.