The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 31, 2054
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 AM
7:17 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1628
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 | 340.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.7° / 171.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 14.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.80° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.91° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.