The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 95
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 | 97.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -26.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.29° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.62° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.12° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.