The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 31, 1938
Waxing Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
11:15 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 193
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 100.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -6.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.77° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.56° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.42° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.