The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 1904
Waning Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
11:03 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -227
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 | 241.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 293.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 10.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.76° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.88° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.78° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.