The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 30, 2020
Waxing Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
11:24 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1201
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 99.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 0.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.40° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.34° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.