The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% 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
1:22 PM
4:11 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2685
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 41.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 57m / 26.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.85° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.10° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.