The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 2052
Waxing Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1604
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.07° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.15° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.