The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 1900
Waxing Crescent
23.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
9:57 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.1%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -277
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -6.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.18° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.28° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.