The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 30, 2144
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
2:10 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2734
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 220.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.02° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.52° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.