The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 2080
First Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
12:36 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1943
Events on this date
-
First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 75.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.30° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.21° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.