The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 2120
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
4:56 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2437
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 179.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.41° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.33° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.