The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 30, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
3:01 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1238
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 53.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 08m / 23.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.30° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / -2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.29° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.