The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 1926
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
8:17 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 38
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 337.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.78° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / -1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.30° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.