The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 2156
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
7:41 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2890
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 | 189.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 313.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -3.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.74° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.28° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.