The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
2:21 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 768
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 | 107.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 59.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 42m / 20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.96° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.70° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| 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.