The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 30, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
3:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 304
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 | 153.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.2° / 10.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -26.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.33° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.70° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.