The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 30, 2054
Last Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
11:57 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1621
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -10.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.94° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.27° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.