The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 30, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
2:30 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1207
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 | 130.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 61.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -22.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.70° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.51° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.