The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 31, 1954
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
9:34 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 391
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 | 21.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 116.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 8.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.02° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.74° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.