The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 29, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
2:58 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1609
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 | 118.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 53.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.35° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.25° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.