The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
4:58 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1949
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.2° / 319.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -25.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.05° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.35° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.