The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 1958
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
9:13 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 441
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 | 206.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 303.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / 3.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.68° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.45° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.