The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 30, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
3:01 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2753
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 49.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.68° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.95° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| 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.