The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 31, 1961
Waning Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
1:06 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 478
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 | 254.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 13.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.40° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.93° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.47° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.