The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 31, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
71.8% 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
4:29 PM
1:28 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2951
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 76.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.54° / 0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.94° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.