The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 31, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
3:17 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1207
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 | 143.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 40.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -23.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.27° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.32° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.