The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 30, 2105
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
10:16 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2258
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 | 223.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 287.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / 0.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.98° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.04° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.