The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 30, 2010
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
10:52 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1083
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / 3.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.67° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.14° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.44° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.