The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 31, 2048
Waning Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
1:26 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1553
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 | 259.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 15.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.53° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.24° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.