The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 30, 1938
Waxing Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
10:43 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 193
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 105.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / -1.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.03° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.96° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.65° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.