The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1995
Waning Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
4:46 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 891
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 187.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -16.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.75° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.56° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.