The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Waning Crescent
22.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
1:40 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.7%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1188
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.80° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.75° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.