The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 1979
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
9:03 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 694
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 | 34.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 127.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -5.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.70° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.90° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.