The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 30, 2048
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
7:16 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1547
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 351.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.90° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.34° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.