The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 29, 2070
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
9:11 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1819
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 | 219.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 300.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 1.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.74° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.91° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.