The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 2104
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
8:23 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2240
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 136.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -5.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.56° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.33° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.