The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 30, 2011
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
8:34 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1095
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.2° / 135.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 15.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.70° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.83° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 29.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.