The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 29, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
7:14 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 607
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 | 170.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 357.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 20.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.80° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.86° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.