The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 31, 1987
Waxing Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
11:32 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 799
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 | 64.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -5.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.41° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.59° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.