The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 30, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
1:40 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 533
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 | 100.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 66.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.82° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.33° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.51° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.