The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 1951
Last Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
11:15 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 347
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 251.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.96° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.08° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.