The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
5:21 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1256
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.5° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 26.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.44° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.92° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.