The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 31, 2014
Waxing Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
10:58 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1133
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 | 51.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -1.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.92° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.43° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.