The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
7:48 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1058
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 | 336.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 75.5° / 180.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 25.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.97° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.27° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.