The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 2047
Waxing Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 AM
9:42 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1535
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 118.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / 0.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.43° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.37° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.