The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 31, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
72.2% 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
4:25 PM
1:45 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -4
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 | 116.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 71.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.80° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.46° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.50° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.