The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 30, 1979
Waxing Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 700
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 | 72.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -4.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.90° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.16° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.