The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 30, 2025
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
7:18 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1263
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 | 15.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 149.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -15.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.52° / -2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.98° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.