The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 29, 1936
Waxing Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 162
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 | 73.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 13.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.93° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.92° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.