The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 2041
Waxing Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
10:23 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1468
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 109.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -12.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.23° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.60° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.