The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 2018
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
11:51 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1183
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 283.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 9.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.85° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.69° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.