The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 31, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
3:41 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -166
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.0° / 20.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -24.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.09° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.37° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.