The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 31, 1950
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
11:00 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 342
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 | 227.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 294.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 11.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.81° / 2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.04° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.