The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 30, 1977
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
6:44 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 675
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 311.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -13.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.25° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.56° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 14.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.