The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 1957
Waxing Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
10:47 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 104.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / -1.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.14° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.85° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.