The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
4:59 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 805
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 | 134.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 33.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 28.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.29° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.03° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.