The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 1976
First Quarter
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 664
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 96.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.07° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / -2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.16° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.