The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
5:49 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1176
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 | 154.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 17.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 59m / 19.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.76° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.84° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.