The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 2191
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
2:49 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3323
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 | 138.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.3° / 49.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -25.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.14° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.27° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.