The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 31, 2072
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
8:00 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1850
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 | 198.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 295.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -11.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.45° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / -1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.42° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.