The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 31, 1929
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
4:45 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 81
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.7° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 22.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.51° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.36° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.