The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 31, 2053
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
7:23 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1615
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 | 190.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 302.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.47° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.64° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.