The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 2143
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
10:10 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2728
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 287.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -0.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.79° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.72° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.42° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.