The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 31, 1942
Waning Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
10:44 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 242
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 | 231.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 278.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -2.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.93° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.03° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.