The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 30, 1962
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
8:21 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 489
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 | 350.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.9° / 144.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 56m / 19.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.21° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.31° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| 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.