The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 31, 2148
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
6:42 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2790
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 2:05 AM, is deepest at 3:51 AM and ends at 5:36 AM. Totality lasts from 3:08 AM to 4:34 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.0° / 303.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.53° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / 0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.25° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.