The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
4:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -66
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 8.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -9.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.06° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.38° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.