The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 31, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
4:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 638
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.9° / 12.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.85° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.16° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.32° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| 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.