The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 2030
Waning Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
2:54 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1323
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 206.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -23.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.78° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.64° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.