The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 30, 1915
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
10:02 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -92
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 293.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / 3.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.95° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.14° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.