The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 30, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
4:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 539
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 | 160.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.9° / 341.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -26.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.67° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.92° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.