The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 30, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
12:43 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2951
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 84.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -18.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.06° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.15° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.