The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 31, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
1:11 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1170
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 | 101.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 78.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.04° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.33° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.