The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 30, 1948
Waning Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
3:44 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 316
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 | 286.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 263.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.97° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.18° / -1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.94° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.