The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 31, 2010
Waning Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
11:50 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1083
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / 8.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.62° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / -6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.64° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.