The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 2016
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
10:34 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1151
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 | 243.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -3.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.86° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.52° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.