The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1911
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
4:57 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -148
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 175.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -24.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.55° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.18° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 43.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.