The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 30, 1944
Waxing Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 261
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 | 69.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 85.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 2.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.94° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.90° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.