The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 30, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
5:26 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2215
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 28.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 26.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.18° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.40° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.