The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 2017
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
7:46 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1164
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 | 20.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 143.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -11.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.46° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.49° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.