The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 30, 2003
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
3:53 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 990
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 190.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -25.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.98° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.10° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.