The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 1940
Waning Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 211
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 | 258.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -10.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.10° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.65° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.