The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1740
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 | 100.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -28.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.68° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.11° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.92° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.