The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 31, 2002
Waning Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
1:21 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 984
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 | 261.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 7.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.86° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.27° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.