The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 31, 1965
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
11:14 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 527
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 | 44.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / 7.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.87° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.26° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.