The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 31, 2044
First Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1504
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 93.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.29° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.23° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.17° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.