The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 1993
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 867
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 | 75.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 13.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.65° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.50° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.