The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 30, 2072
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
7:04 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1850
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 | 187.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 304.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -14.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.57° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.