The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 31, 1969
Waning Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
11:44 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 577
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 | 234.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 15.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.83° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.85° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.