The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 2029
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
7:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1312
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 356.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.82° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.46° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.