The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 30, 2106
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
8:33 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2270
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.1° / 135.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 13.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.14° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.61° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.74° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 10.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.