The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 30, 2010
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
7:47 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1077
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 339.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.06° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.