The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 1924
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 AM
9:04 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 21
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 | 16.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.6° / 124.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / 4.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.03° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.12° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.