The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 30, 1921
Last Quarter
51.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
11:32 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -24
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -13.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.83° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.90° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.00° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.