The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 31, 1908
Waxing Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
9:54 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -178
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 | 37.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 111.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 10.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.11° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.26° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.95° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.