The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
9:55 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1182
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 279.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -7.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.35° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.05° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.