The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 30, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
3:04 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -36
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 | 116.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 52.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 20.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.51° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.51° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.