The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 31, 2087
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
9:36 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2036
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 | 23.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 116.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 5.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.57° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.56° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.