The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
1:16 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2716
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 79.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -21.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.23° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.75° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.