The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 2137
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
7:38 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2655
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 | 189.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 313.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -4.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.78° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.47° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.