The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 31, 2139
Waxing Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
11:10 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2679
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -9.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.54° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.82° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.