The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 2148
Waning Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
9:08 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2791
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 | 207.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 296.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / -1.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.88° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.