The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 1946
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
3:20 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 285
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 | 330.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 199.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -24.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.69° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.85° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.