The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
4:33 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1324
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 36.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.33° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / -0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.96° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.