The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 2053
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
9:10 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1616
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 | 207.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 299.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 0.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.27° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.