The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 31, 1953
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
12:39 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 378
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 | 250.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 12.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.77° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.44° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.