The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 30, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
4:57 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 100
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 | 134.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 33.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 36m / 28.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.63° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.10° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.