The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 31, 2105
Waning Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
1:48 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2259
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 280.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 40m / 19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.46° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.88° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| 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.