The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 2006
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
5:58 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1028
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 165.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -21.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.28° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.97° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 326.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.