The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 31, 1967
Waning Crescent
18.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
6:08 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.1%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 552
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 | 310.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.4° / 247.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 19m / 27.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.56° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.41° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.