The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 29, 2000
Waning Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
12:44 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 953
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 | 285.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 244.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -14.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.38° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.79° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.