The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 1946
Waxing Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
10:39 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 292
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 | 28.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 102.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 14.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.45° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.69° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.31° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.