The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
1:54 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 199
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 | 103.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 63.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.15° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.30° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.85° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.