The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 30, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
4:37 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1009
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.4° / 326.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -26.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.54° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.33° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.