The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 30, 2071
Waxing Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 AM
11:08 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1838
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 0.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.82° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.69° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.49° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.