The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 1946
Waning Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
2:30 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 285
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 | 319.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 211.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -23.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.32° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.66° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.