The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 1965
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
3:03 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 520
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 202.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -24.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.18° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.47° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.