The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 30, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
2:43 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -166
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.5° / 55.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.18° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.56° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.