The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 24, 2030
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
10:07 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1324
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -7.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.00° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.23° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.