The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 31, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
3:16 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3187
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 | 136.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 43.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -16.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.77° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.51° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.