The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 1974
Waxing Crescent
43.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
1:16 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.2%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 632
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 | 81.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 69.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.37° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.71° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.64° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.