The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
3:06 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1120
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.1° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 16.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.12° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.47° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.