The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 30, 2051
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
9:17 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1584
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 297.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 30m / -0.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.44° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.27° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.