The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 1996
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
6:44 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 910
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 311.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -13.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.99° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.56° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.26° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 19.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.