The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 30, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
1:56 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 267
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 | 116.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 70.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.87° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.49° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.