The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 2171
Waning Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
12:09 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3068
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.86° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / 0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.52° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.