The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 31, 1992
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
9:51 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 862
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 | 49.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 116.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -14.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.86° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.91° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.44° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.