The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1933
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
10:06 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 125
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 | 46.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 114.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -0.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.09° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / -1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.85° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.