The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 29, 2009
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
9:24 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1065
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 122.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -1.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.10° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / -3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.81° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.