The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 1915
Waning Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
1:03 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -91
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 | 260.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 24.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.20° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.00° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.