The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 31, 2000
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
9:31 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 960
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.2° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.70° / 1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / -2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.80° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.