The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 31, 2097
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
1:48 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2159
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.33° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.06° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.