The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
4:19 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -271
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 38.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 21.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.24° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.17° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.