The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 31, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% 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
4:20 PM
1:24 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3186
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 76.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.15° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.14° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| 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.