The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 29, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
2:08 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1473
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 | 104.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 60.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 20.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.72° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.66° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.