The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 31, 2141
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
7:46 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2704
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.6° / 146.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 3.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.33° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.19° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 18.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.