The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 30, 1954
Waxing Crescent
0.7% 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
7:13 AM
9:07 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 391
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 | 9.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 123.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.00° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.99° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.