The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 30, 1922
Waxing Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
8:35 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -11
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 132.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -5.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.57° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.14° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.