The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 1901
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
8:01 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -264
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 | 205.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 321.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 4.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.79° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.