The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 31, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1975
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 | 102.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 94.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -27.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.19° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.13° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.