The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 29, 2043
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
10:02 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1485
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 289.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -0.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.90° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / -0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.70° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.