The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 30, 1933
First Quarter
55.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
12:06 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 131
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.
-
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 | 96.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -20.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.13° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.91° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.