The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
1:55 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1844
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 64.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 35m / 14.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.98° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.50° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.59° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.