The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 30, 1971
Waxing Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
10:40 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 595
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 | 51.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 107.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / 3.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.07° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / -3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.25° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.