The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 30, 2038
Waning Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
1:46 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1423
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 225.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.52° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.57° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.