The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 31, 2051
Waning Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
3:28 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1590
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 259.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 16.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.74° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.08° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.