The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 30, 2021
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
9:11 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1213
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 | 204.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 319.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 14.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.18° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.27° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.