The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 31, 1905
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
8:01 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -214
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 | 15.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 142.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 4.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.49° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.43° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.