The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 31, 2167
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
5:56 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3025
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 7:40 PM, is deepest at 9:22 PM and ends at 11:04 PM. Totality lasts from 9:12 PM to 9:32 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.4° / 314.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 24m / -19.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.77° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.