The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 29, 1959
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
10:22 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 446
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 | 242.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -4.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.76° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.30° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| 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.