The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 24, 1930
Waning Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
1:17 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 87
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 224.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -24.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.62° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.07° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.