The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 30, 1937
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
9:23 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 174
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 | 228.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -4.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.54° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.80° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.