The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 31, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
12:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -239
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 | 110.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 87.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.88° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.79° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.