The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 1923
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
10:11 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 7
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / -4.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.76° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.16° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.22° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| 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.