The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 30, 1945
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 279
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 22m / 3.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.20° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.88° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.