The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 30, 2149
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2796
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -6.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.82° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.96° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.