The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 29, 1994
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
8:36 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 879
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 | 208.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 313.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 3.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.00° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.92° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.