The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 2055
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
7:47 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1634
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 142.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -12.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.37° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.06° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.