The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 29, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
5:05 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2450
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 32.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 45m / 26.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.62° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.76° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.