The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 30, 2026
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
7:20 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1281
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 | 191.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 296.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -15.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.51° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.26° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.