The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 30, 2106
Waning Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 AM
2:04 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2264
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 220.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -20.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.98° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / -2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.08° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.