The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 1951
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
7:48 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 353
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 77.0° / 185.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 27.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.51° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.06° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.