The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 29, 2081
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
10:14 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1955
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 | 242.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -6.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.33° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.31° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.