The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
5:18 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3056
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 1.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 27.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 24.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.25° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.88° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.