The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 2049
Waning Crescent
20.3% 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
4:00 AM
1:37 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1559
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 | 306.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 222.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -22.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.74° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / 0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.84° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.