The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 29, 2078
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
9:01 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1918
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 | 199.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 325.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.53° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.34° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.