The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
2:49 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1777
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 51.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.73° / 1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.89° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.