The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1984
Waning Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
2:43 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 755
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 206.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -24.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.47° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.09° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.