The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 2019
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
9:17 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1196
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 | 17.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 6.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.48° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.78° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.54° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.