The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 30, 2012
First Quarter
45.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
12:31 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.8%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1102
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 77.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.19° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.69° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.