The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 29, 1997
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 PM
10:37 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 916
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 | 245.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 276.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -4.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.81° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.89° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| 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.