The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 31, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
12:26 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 601
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 | 103.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 89.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -23.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.30° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.32° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.