The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 29, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
5:15 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1646
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 | 144.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 26.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 19m / 21.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.42° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.38° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| 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.