The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 30, 1978
Waning Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 681
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 | 253.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 269.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -8.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.40° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.25° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.