The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
5:01 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1510
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 | 135.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 32.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 40m / 28.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.54° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.64° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.