The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 2169
Waxing Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
7:16 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3044
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 148.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.76° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.55° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.