The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1905
Waning Crescent
31.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
1:05 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.8%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -222
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 | 291.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 239.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -15.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.72° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.10° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.