The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
75.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
1:23 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 602
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 | 120.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 78.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -26.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.75° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.66° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.