The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 2128
Waxing Crescent
32.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
11:33 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2544
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 99.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.49° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.34° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.