The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 31, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
12:58 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1640
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 | 97.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 80.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 00m / -11.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.97° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.97° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| 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.