The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
85.6% 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
5:57 PM
2:54 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1542
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 | 135.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 49.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.51° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.70° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.