The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 30, 1916
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
8:05 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -79
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.3° / 146.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 15.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.87° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.88° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.