The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 1920
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
9:06 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -29
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 | 205.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 305.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 3.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.24° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.08° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.