The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 30, 2111
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
10:45 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2326
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 280.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -1.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.77° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.39° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.