The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 29, 1998
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
7:45 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 929
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 144.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -10.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.31° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.30° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.