The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 30, 2105
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
7:34 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2252
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 341.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 11.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.00° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.56° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 151.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.