The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
4:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1108
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 | 160.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.4° / 350.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.40° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.73° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.