The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 1974
Waxing Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 AM
12:12 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 632
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 | 69.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 80.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 12.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.31° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.80° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.