The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 1929
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
11:23 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 75
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 101.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / -3.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.14° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.56° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.