The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 30, 2172
Waxing Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
11:40 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3081
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 96.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 4.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.14° / -1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.42° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.