The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 2025
First Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 98.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -27.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.91° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.32° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.