The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 1973
Waning Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
2:21 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 619
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 | 318.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 211.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -25.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.05° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.99° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.