The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 1940
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
6:57 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 218
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 | 339.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.2° / 176.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 11.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.11° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.50° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.