The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 30, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
3:12 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1708
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 50.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 24.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.95° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.72° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.