The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 PM
12:06 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1505
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 93.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -28.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.98° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.50° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.