The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 2024
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
9:48 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1250
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 299.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / 4.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.60° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.93° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.