The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
3:19 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -271
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 | 119.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 49.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 28m / 20.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.63° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.31° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.