The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 30, 1961
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
9:46 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 477
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 | 220.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 282.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -6.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.27° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.64° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.