The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 1962
Waning Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
1:00 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 483
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 | 290.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 239.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -15.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.55° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.91° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.51° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.