The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 29, 2093
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
8:56 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2104
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 128.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -9.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.13° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.41° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.