The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 31, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
4:45 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 304
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.8° / 329.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -25.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.17° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.51° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.