The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 31, 1916
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
8:07 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -78
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 | 34.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 135.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -9.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.45° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.94° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.