The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 30, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
1:40 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 63
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 | 101.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 15.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.34° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.11° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.