The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 1984
Waxing Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
11:11 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 762
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 98.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 7.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.61° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.45° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.