The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 30, 1975
Waning Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 650
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 273.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 13.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.05° / 2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.87° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.