The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 31, 2147
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
11:01 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2779
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 | 58.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 103.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.79° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.76° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.