The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 1940
Waning Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
10:26 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 211
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 | 245.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.00° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / 1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.50° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.