The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
1:34 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -203
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 74.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.11° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.39° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.