The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 31, 1908
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
9:38 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -177
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 | 52.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 117.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.56° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.27° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.