The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 1945
Last Quarter
53.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 AM
1:44 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.2%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 279
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 265.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 15m / 8.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.46° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.09° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.