The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 2029
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
1:45 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1312
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.93° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.29° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.