The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 2042
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
7:25 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1480
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 | 188.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 310.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.47° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.87° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.