The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 29, 2095
Waning Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
12:21 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2128
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 246.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.31° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.63° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.