The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 31, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
1:29 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -103
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 | 134.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.3° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -25.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.78° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.39° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.