The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 29, 1930
New Moon
0.2% 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
8:05 AM
5:36 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 87
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 168.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -23.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.12° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -180.00° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 354.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.