The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 31, 2079
Waxing Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
10:31 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1938
Events on this date
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Saturn and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 109.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -15.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.99° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.21° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.