The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 31, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
12:48 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2246
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -21.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.21° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / 3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.11° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.