The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 29, 2011
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
1:42 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1089
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 220.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -24.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.69° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.24° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.