The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 29, 2139
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
7:13 AM
4:58 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2672
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 179.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -21.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.67° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / 2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.12° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| 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.