The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Waxing Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
10:26 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1201
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 110.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / -3.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.55° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.51° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.