The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
4:35 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2215
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 37.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 12m / 27.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.37° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.54° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.