The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 30, 1984
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
3:35 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 755
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 194.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.74° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.28° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.