The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 2074
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 AM
8:27 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1869
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 133.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.44° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.23° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.