The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 2029
Waxing Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
7:49 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1312
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 142.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -11.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.85° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.50° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.