The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 2115
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
3:01 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2383
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.4° / 47.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -25.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.25° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.28° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.