The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 1929
Waning Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
10:29 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 75
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 | 237.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / 1.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.38° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.25° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.