The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 1951
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
7:49 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 354
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.3° / 151.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 13.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.41° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.77° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.