The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
7:44 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1158
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 | 351.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.1° / 152.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 10.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.34° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / 1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.53° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.