The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
3:15 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 638
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 | 141.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.0° / 42.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -22.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.91° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.51° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.