The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 1921
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 AM
6:56 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -17
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.0° / 177.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 11.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.65° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.71° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.