The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 1900
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 AM
4:29 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 189.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.58° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.89° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.