The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 1943
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 AM
8:47 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 256
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 | 9.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 128.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 7.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.57° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.54° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.