The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 30, 1926
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
8:51 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 38
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 324.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 14.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.60° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.43° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.