The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 29, 2005
Waning Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
9:58 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1015
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 | 227.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.30° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.29° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.