The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 2052
Waxing Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
11:23 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1603
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 98.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -2.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.77° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / 0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.05° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| 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.