The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 1923
Waning Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 PM
11:47 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 8
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 9.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.84° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.86° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.