The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 31, 2005
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
6:04 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1021
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 | 310.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.2° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 27.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.47° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.35° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.