The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 2059
Waning Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
4:31 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1690
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 | 289.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.5° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 26.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.76° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / -3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.11° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.