The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 30, 2065
Waning Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
12:03 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1757
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 236.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -24.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.59° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.71° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.