The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 28, 2030
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
12:46 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1324
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 232.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.41° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.87° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.