The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 1934
Last Quarter
51.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
2:49 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.7%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 144
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 12m / 25.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.79° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.29° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.