The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 2091
Waxing Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
3:24 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2079
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 48.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 53m / 17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.98° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.66° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.