The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 2049
Waxing Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
9:19 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1567
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 | 36.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 121.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -9.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.00° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.27° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.