The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1978
Waning Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
10:22 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 681
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 | 241.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 280.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -4.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.24° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.10° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.