The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 30, 1930
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
6:38 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 88
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 | 9.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 155.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.04° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.81° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.