The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 2097
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
9:40 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2153
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 305.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / 8.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.24° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.26° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.