The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 30, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
4:10 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1139
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 40.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.61° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.70° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.