The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 30, 1949
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
7:23 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 323
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 | 17.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 146.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.28° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.00° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.