The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 31, 2008
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
8:30 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1058
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 | 349.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.1° / 141.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 04m / 22.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.57° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.52° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.