The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 30, 1943
Waning Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
1:51 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 248
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 | 286.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -14.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.74° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.22° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.