The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
2:51 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 904
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 | 115.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.15° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.63° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.