The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 30, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
3:39 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 873
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 | 146.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.4° / 29.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -21.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.10° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.72° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| 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.