The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 2109
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 AM
4:46 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2301
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 187.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -16.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.65° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.02° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.