The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 30, 1951
Waning Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
7:05 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 353
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.5° / 228.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 28.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.64° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.82° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.