The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 30, 1960
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
8:51 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 459
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 | 32.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 129.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -5.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.24° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.71° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.