The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 30, 2194
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
2:11 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3353
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 | 103.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 60.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 23.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.55° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.56° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.