The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 31, 2184
Waning Crescent
36.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
3:26 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3235
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 14.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.57° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.28° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.