The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
3:10 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 972
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 | 140.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 46.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -22.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.84° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / -0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.12° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.