The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 30, 1980
Waning Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
9:37 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 712
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / -7.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.17° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.45° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.