The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 2160
Waning Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
10:55 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2932
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 257.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.25° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.36° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.08° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.