The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 30, 2005
Waning Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
10:19 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1015
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 | 238.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 282.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -2.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.80° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / -1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.44° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.