The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 30, 2011
Waning Crescent
11.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 AM
2:40 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.1%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1089
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 | 321.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 209.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -23.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.56° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / 0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.42° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.