The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
7:51 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1194
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.8° / 169.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 22.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.97° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.49° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.