The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 1934
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
12:37 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 143
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 279.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 11.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.05° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.64° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.