The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 30, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 PM
5:36 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1145
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 | 169.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 331.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.58° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.13° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.