The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 31, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
5:06 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1208
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 | 162.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.7° / 341.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.85° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.71° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.