The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 31, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
4:39 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 873
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.5° / 355.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -19.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.98° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.52° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.