The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 2068
Waning Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
12:50 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1794
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 233.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -21.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.53° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.12° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.46° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.