The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 1937
Waning Gibbous
90.1% 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
9:18 PM
8:57 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 174
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 | 216.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 303.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 0.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.93° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.66° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.