The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 31, 2185
Waxing Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
11:48 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3248
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 94.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / 0.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.32° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.84° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.