The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 2109
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 AM
5:47 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2301
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 172.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -14.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.78° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.21° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.