The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 30, 2098
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
4:02 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2165
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 186.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -26.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.80° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.93° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.