The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 30, 1903
Waxing Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
11:38 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -240
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 98.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -9.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.21° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.52° / -2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.66° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.