The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 29, 1938
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
4:20 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 186
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 192.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.40° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.32° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.