The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 31, 2056
Waning Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
1:02 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1653
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 13.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.86° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.27° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.