The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 2046
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
7:52 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1529
Events on this date
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 145.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 6.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.01° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.42° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 38.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.