The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 31, 2004
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
5:54 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1009
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 301.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -23.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.55° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.54° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 182.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.