The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 31, 2098
Waxing Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
11:01 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2172
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 100.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 3.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.47° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.09° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.