The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 31, 1983
Waning Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 749
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 | 253.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 269.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 4.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.82° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.47° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.47° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.