The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 1979
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
7:51 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 694
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 | 20.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 143.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -10.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.74° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.81° / -1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.09° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.