The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 2012
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 74.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 86.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 12.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.34° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.86° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.