The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 30, 1988
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
8:07 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 811
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 290.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -13.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.14° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.84° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.