The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 31, 1937
Waning Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
3:20 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 180
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 19.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.63° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.93° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.73° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.