The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 30, 2185
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
5:09 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3241
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 179.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.80° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / -2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.27° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.