The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 2123
Waxing Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
1:43 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2482
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 | 118.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 72.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -21.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.70° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.87° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.