The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
3:44 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 904
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 | 125.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 45.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 01m / 18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.08° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.48° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.