The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 1919
Waxing Crescent
32.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
11:04 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -41
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 | 69.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 54m / -17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.25° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.55° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.