The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 31, 1959
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
6:30 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 453
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 | 330.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.0° / 195.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.73° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.07° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.