The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 30, 2016
Waning Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1151
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 269.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -6.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.67° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.67° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.