The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 2132
Waning Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
12:04 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2593
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 | 241.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 11.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.86° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / 4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.08° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.