The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 31, 1980
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
10:48 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 712
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / -2.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.67° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.64° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.