The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 29, 2155
Waning Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
1:38 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2870
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 215.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -28.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.20° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.80° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.