The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 2002
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 984
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 | 250.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 3.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.99° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.06° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.