The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 1946
Waxing Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
10:47 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 293
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 | 57.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 105.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -10.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.21° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.39° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.