The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
5:54 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 639
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 | 167.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.8° / 342.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -8.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.28° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.70° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.