The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 30, 2017
Waxing Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 AM
8:50 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1164
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 129.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -7.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.77° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.30° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.