The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 30, 1904
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
8:29 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -228
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 298.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -6.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.31° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.95° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| 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.