The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 1997
Waning Crescent
1.6% 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
5:41 AM
7:22 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 923
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 | 345.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.0° / 162.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 42m / 11.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.85° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.72° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.