The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 PM
7:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1077
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 356.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 18.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.80° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.