The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3150
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 | 96.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 95.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -25.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.04° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.50° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.