The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 31, 2119
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
5:56 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2432
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.0° / 246.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 25.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.24° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.20° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.