The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 30, 2073
Last Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
12:02 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1856
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 254.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -11.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.92° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.07° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.