The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
5:52 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 941
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 | 154.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 16.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 19.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.17° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.65° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.