The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 1929
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
10:52 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 75
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 | 248.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -4.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.16° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.39° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.