The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 31, 1903
First Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -240
Events on this date
-
First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 93.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -12.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.10° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.16° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.44° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.