The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 2117
Waxing Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
10:15 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2408
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 111.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -14.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.51° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.83° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.