The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 31, 2144
Waxing Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
9:37 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2742
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,000 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -6.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.50° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.68° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.