The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 2151
Waning Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
11:04 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2828
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 | 229.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 288.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.94° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.68° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.