The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 30, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
2:58 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 199
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 53.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.86° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.70° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.