The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 31, 2152
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
9:06 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2839
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.6° / 126.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 23.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.22° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.95° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 149.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.