The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
12:43 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 701
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 83.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.87° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.28° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.