The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
1:19 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 768
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 | 96.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 69.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.89° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.86° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.