The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 31, 2197
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
10:52 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3397
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 | 224.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 298.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 13.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.55° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.67° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.