The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 31, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
3:26 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 403
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.8° / 36.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -22.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.33° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.08° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.