The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 30, 2059
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
9:09 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1683
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 321.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.39° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.69° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.