The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 30, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
1:27 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 298
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 | 98.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 67.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.97° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.31° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.