The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 30, 1938
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
5:18 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 186
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 179.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.51° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.41° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.52° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| 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.