The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 30, 1955
Waxing Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
12:19 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 397
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 | 83.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 77.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.46° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.93° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.