The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
1:55 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1238
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 | 102.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 63.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 19.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.96° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.51° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.44° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.