The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 31, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
5:22 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 539
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 | 171.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.0° / 311.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -24.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.99° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.73° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 227.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.