The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 30, 2006
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
7:20 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1028
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 149.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.50° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.77° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.