The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 29, 1953
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
7:35 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 372
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:54 PM, is deepest at 6:47 PM and ends at 8:40 PM. Totality lasts from 6:04 PM to 7:29 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 350.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.45° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.52° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.