The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 30, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
2:35 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1343
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 57.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.29° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / -2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.31° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.