The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 30, 2102
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
7:07 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2221
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 | 189.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 301.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -14.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.34° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.03° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.