The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 2030
Waning Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 AM
1:43 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1324
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 | 308.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 220.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -23.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.57° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.05° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.