The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 30, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
2:22 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3223
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 63.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.12° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.52° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.