The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 30, 2073
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
5:19 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1862
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.3° / 237.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.55° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.75° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.