The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 30, 1927
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
2:57 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 50
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 | 324.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 205.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -23.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.45° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / 0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.04° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.