The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
1:47 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1641
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 | 118.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 71.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -20.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.68° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.37° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.31° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.