The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 1968
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
6:57 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 558
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 152.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -18.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.67° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.38° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.