The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 30, 1994
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
9:09 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 879
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 297.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 25m / -1.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.44° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.50° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.05° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.3° |
| 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.