The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 30, 1953
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 PM
8:02 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 372
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 | 187.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 338.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 14.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.36° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.62° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.