The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 29, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 PM
1:41 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1343
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 73.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -20.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.86° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.51° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.