The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 30, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
2:58 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1844
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 53.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 31m / 16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.64° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.44° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| 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.