The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 2079
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 AM
2:25 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1930
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 206.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -27.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.12° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.27° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.92° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.