The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 31, 1961
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
10:56 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 477
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 | 233.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / -2.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.85° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.83° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.