The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 1900
Waxing Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
10:09 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -276
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 | 71.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 113.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -18.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.42° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.62° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| 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.