The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
1:42 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1876
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 72.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.99° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.49° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.