The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
9:09 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1114
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 | 221.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / -1.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.51° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.84° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.