The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 2029
Waxing Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
11:46 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1312
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 94.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 8.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.09° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.78° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.