The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 30, 1954
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
1:38 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 384
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 | 310.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 218.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -26.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.57° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.17° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.