The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
3:14 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -202
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 | 151.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.2° / 43.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.70° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / 0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.77° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.