The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 30, 1956
Last Quarter
51.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 415
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 271.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 15.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.64° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.01° / -3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.30° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.