The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 30, 1994
Last Quarter
48.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
2:22 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 885
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 268.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 15.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.76° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.67° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.