The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 30, 2006
Waxing Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
11:21 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1034
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 | 60.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 98.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -3.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.63° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.02° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.