The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 31, 1949
Waxing Crescent
40.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 329
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -10.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.62° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.97° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| 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.