The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 30, 1949
Waxing Crescent
29.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
11:43 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.2%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 329
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -4.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.38° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.53° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.20° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.