The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 31, 2030
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
3:56 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1324
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 196.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -20.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.74° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.42° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.