The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Waning Gibbous
54.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
10:55 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1052
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 | 264.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 257.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.69° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.70° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.13° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.