The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 30, 2155
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
2:44 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2870
Events on this date
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 201.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -28.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.10° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.83° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.98° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.