The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 1929
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 74
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 275.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 4.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.32° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.21° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.79° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.