The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 1918
Last Quarter
48.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
2:28 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -55
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 17.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.17° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.69° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.