The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
2:16 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1406
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 | 124.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 64.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -19.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.19° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.89° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.