The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 30, 1972
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
7:47 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 607
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:11 AM, is deepest at 5:53 AM and ends at 7:35 AM. Totality lasts from 5:35 AM to 6:11 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 343.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.93° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.73° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.