The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 31, 1931
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
8:21 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 106
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 | 204.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -13.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.63° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.64° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.