The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
6:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1176
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 1.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.82° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.07° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.71° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.