The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 30, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
3:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1479
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 | 153.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -77.8° / 12.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -27.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.93° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.92° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.