The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 2002
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
8:31 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 978
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 | 190.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 335.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.17° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.34° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.