The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 1994
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
4:30 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 886
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.4° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 19.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.64° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.55° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.