The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 2108
Waning Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
4:09 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2296
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 | 292.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.5° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.27° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.79° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.95° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.