The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 30, 1905
Waning Crescent
22.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
1:50 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -222
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 227.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -17.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.15° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.27° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.