The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 31, 2006
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
11:41 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1034
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 | 71.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -9.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.47° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / 2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.78° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.