The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 1960
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
7:45 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 459
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 | 19.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 144.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -9.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.27° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.90° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.