The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 31, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
4:50 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2889
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.1° / 326.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -24.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.12° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.35° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.