The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 30, 1919
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
4:46 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -49
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 186.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.98° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.71° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.