The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 30, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
1:44 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1572
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 65.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.11° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.88° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.11° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.