The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 30, 1987
Waxing Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
11:11 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 799
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 | 53.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 99.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 0.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.00° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.82° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.