The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 31, 2015
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
6:43 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1145
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 311.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -13.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.16° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.06° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 19.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.