The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 30, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
5:59 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 205
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.6° / 324.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.88° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.13° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.