The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Waxing Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
10:20 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1233
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 | 51.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 109.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -9.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.35° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.41° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.