The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 1957
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 AM
5:58 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 421
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 170.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -13.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.57° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.33° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.