The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 1900
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
5:45 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 173.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -15.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.49° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.08° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.