The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 2069
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
1:42 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1807
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 17.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.77° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.32° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.