The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 29, 2163
Waning Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
1:12 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2969
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 233.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.96° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.14° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.