The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 29, 1976
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 AM
4:35 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 656
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 189.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -17.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.55° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.76° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.