The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 1963
Waxing Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
11:49 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 496
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 | 68.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 96.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 2.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.14° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.58° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| 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.