The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 29, 1955
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 397
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 | 70.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.44° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.84° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.10° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.