The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 31, 1969
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
9:23 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 576
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 | 215.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 285.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -7.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.63° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.23° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.