The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
12:57 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 836
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -25.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.99° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.51° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.