The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 2066
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
10:26 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1770
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 | 49.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / 4.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.62° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.56° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.