The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 330
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 94.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -27.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.82° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.32° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.