The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
1:42 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -73
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.19° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.03° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.39° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.