The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 30, 2112
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
7:50 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2339
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 142.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -13.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.83° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.81° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.