The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 29, 1992
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
1:19 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 854
Events on this date
-
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 223.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -24.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.02° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.43° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.