The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 1956
Waning Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
3:13 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 415
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 | 280.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 04m / 18.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.99° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.77° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.52° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| 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.