The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 1982
Waxing Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
10:30 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 731
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 | 53.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / -3.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.79° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.95° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.