The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 29, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
5:09 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1275
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 31.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 45m / 28.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.64° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.45° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.