The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 31, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
64.3% 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
3:44 PM
1:05 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.55° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.48° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.