The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 30, 2188
First Quarter
46.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
12:20 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.3%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3285
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 86.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -9.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.89° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.96° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.