The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 30, 1915
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
7:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -98
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 11:24 PM, is deepest at 11:57 PM and ends at 12:30 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 353.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 21.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.85° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.94° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.