The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 30, 1998
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
8:56 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 929
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 128.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -6.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.96° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / 1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.11° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.