The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Last Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
11:22 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1052
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 46m / -21.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.59° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.29° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.