The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
7:14 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 842
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 356.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 19.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.81° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.05° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.