The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 30, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
5:54 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 805
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 | 145.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 23.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 28.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.47° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.89° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.