The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 30, 2078
Waning Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1924
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 271.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 6.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.92° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / 2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.04° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.