The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 30, 2068
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
1:44 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1794
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 222.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -22.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.05° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.78° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.64° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.