The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 30, 1987
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
7:17 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 793
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 149.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.08° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.57° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.