The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 31, 1931
Waning Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
10:12 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 107
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 297.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 7.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.74° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.26° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.