The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 29, 2071
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 AM
4:39 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1831
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 | 342.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 188.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.29° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.59° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.