The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 29, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
3:14 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1139
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 | 120.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.90° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.84° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.