The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 29, 1916
Waning Crescent
31.5% 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
2:56 AM
12:17 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -86
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 | 291.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 233.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -25.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.42° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.40° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| 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.