The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 2057
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
9:16 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1666
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 | 18.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 5.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.92° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.93° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.