The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 29, 1981
Waning Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
12:48 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 718
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 243.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -14.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.39° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.14° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.