The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 2051
Waning Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
8:49 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1584
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 | 211.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 309.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 3.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.49° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.13° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.