The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 30, 1998
Waxing Crescent
42.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
12:13 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 935
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 87.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -6.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.15° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.37° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.