The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 2198
Last Quarter
44.8% 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
1:26 AM
11:37 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3402
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 247.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.20° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.32° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.86° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.