The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Waning Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
4:01 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1220
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 | 284.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 24.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.31° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.72° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.