The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 31, 2019
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
8:45 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1194
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.1° / 135.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.67° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.74° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.