The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 1996
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
10:16 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 911
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 | 219.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 295.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 6.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.30° / -0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.05° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.