The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 2085
Waxing Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
10:52 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2005
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 | 53.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 6.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.24° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.99° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.76° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.