The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 2063
Waxing Crescent
42.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
11:58 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1739
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 96.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.48° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.50° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.60° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.