The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 1973
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
1:28 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 619
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 220.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -25.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.15° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.81° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.