The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
6:09 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2722
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 11.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.05° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.10° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.