The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 30, 2021
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
1:14 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1219
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 | 260.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 7.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.92° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.85° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.