The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 1935
Waxing Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
8:54 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 157
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 | 28.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 125.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -6.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.87° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.87° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.