The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 2148
Waxing Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
3:21 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2784
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 49.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 17.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.73° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.57° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.